What is the probable cause of Bill’s problem?

Bill has successfully executed a buffer overflow against a Windows IIS web server. He has been able to spawn an interactive shell and plans to deface the main web page. He first attempts to use the "echo" command to simply overwrite index.html and remains unsuccessful. He then attempts to delete the page and achieves no progress. Finally, he tries to overwrite it with another page in which also he remains unsuccessful.

What is the probable cause of Bill’s problem?
A . You cannot use a buffer overflow to deface a web page
B . There is a problem with the shell and he needs to run the attack again
C . The HTML file has permissions of read only
D . The system is a honeypot

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Answer: C